Chapter 384

A gasp of astonishment swept through the entire hall,

and for a long moment, not a single person spoke up to raise the bid!

This time,

it wasn't that those present were afraid of the Celestial Dragon and didn't dare bid higher,

they simply couldn't afford to top "seven-eight-three"!

One billion Beri,

that was already an outright astronomical price!

A mermaid,

even one with a shapely figure,

simply wasn't worth that price!

In recent years,

due to various reasons involving Fish-Man Island,

capturing mermaids had become much harder,

and mermaids appearing at auction had grown increasingly rare!

But rare didn't mean nonexistent,

and as the most thriving hub of human trafficking, Sabaody Archipelago,

every so often,

a mermaid would still appear at auction!

Normally speaking,

the price of a female mermaid,

was around 200 to 300 million Beri,

occasionally fetching 300 to 400 million Beri,

and 500 million Beri was already an absolute instant-buy price!

Right now,

this Celestial Dragon had called out one billion Beri straight away,

double even the previous instant-buy price!

Such an astronomical sum,

to say nothing of how many in the hall still had the capital to bid,

even if they did,

none of them would spend over a billion Beri on a single mermaid!

This wasn't even a question of whether it was worth it anymore,

this was just being a rich fool!

The crowd in the auction hall fell silent,

but the auctioneer had already leaped up in excitement!

This turn of events...

this turn of events was called a twist of fate!

Just moments ago,

the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which should have fetched an astronomical price,

had been snatched halfway by this Celestial Dragon for 500 million Beri,

causing him to lose a massive amount of profit for nothing!

However,

just as sorrow was flooding his heart into a river,

a mermaid that should have topped out at 400 to 500 million Beri,

had been driven up to one billion Beri in one breath by this very Celestial Dragon!

With this,

not only had the Beri lost on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit been recouped,

he'd actually made a tidy profit on top!

In an instant,

looking at that fat-headed, big-eared Celestial Dragon,

the auctioneer found him more pleasing to the eye with every glance!

What kind of Celestial Dragon was this,

he was clearly a great philanthropist and patron of wealth!

The auctioneer steadied himself,

and shouted excitedly:

"Esteemed Celestial Dragon sir, bid of one billion Beri!"

"One billion Beli for a drink! Seven, Wu, Liu, Two, Ba, Ba, Four, billion times!"

"Any higher bids!"

"One billion Beri, twice!"

At this moment,

that Celestial Dragon sat in his seat,

GLOSSARY:

- Bai Bai

- Chenghe

- Yishiban Society

- But Has Long Since

- Beli Has Already

A pair of eyes stared fixedly at the mermaid inside the fish tank,

filled with undisguised desire!

As for this mermaid,

he was determined to have her!

1 billion Beli Has Already enough to prove his resolve!

Not to mention the deterrent effect of him casually killing someone with a wave of his hand still lingering,

even just this auction price of a full 1 billion,

there couldn't possibly be anyone else competing with him!

Almost Already imagining the happy scene after bringing this mermaid home,

this Celestial Dragon's mouth corner couldn't help but curl upward,

revealing a rather exaggerated smile!

However,

looking at the scene before him,

Li Xiao's expression shifted slightly,

his face momentarily looking a bit strange!

At this moment,

he suddenly really wanted to lean next to that Celestial Dragon's ear and tell him,

you're celebrating too early!

If it were just bidding on that mermaid, of course there'd be no problem,

the plot development that follows,

would probably be just as the Celestial Dragon imagined in his head!

But the key point is,

winning the bid on this mermaid,

comes with a ticking time bomb attached!

Bringing Lei Li, this old man, home,

are you afraid your life is too safe?!

Lei Li coming to the auction house,

wasn't really to sell himself off as a slave!

His coming here,

was simply for two purposes!